Summer Events and Conferences about Web You Cannot Miss

There could be one happening near you!

This post is not late! There is still a lot of juice this summer. In the coming months of July, August and September many events and conferences for web professionals and amateurs around the world will take place: web design, development, new languages, new methodologies, web apps, etc..
The best and most renowned professionals will speak, make their presentations, introduce new tools: in short, knowledge will be created and disseminated.
Here we present chronologically some of the most important events that are going to take place: There could be one happening near you! And if not, it's always a good excuse to take a little trip.

July

DevCon5 | 23-24 July 2012 | New York City, NY | HTML5

HTML5 is about a better experience. Get a better experience by learning from HTML5's top names and networking with your colleagues. Find out about the latest and greatest in the world of HTML5. DevCon5 provides you with the information and tools you need to exploit the capabilities of this revolutionary technology.http://www.html5report.com/conference/newyork

Environments for Humans brings together some of the web's most notable experts in CSS3 and SASS for an all-new, three-day online conference, the CSS Summit 2012! Bring the experts to your desktop July 31-August 2, 2012 from 9AM to 4PM (CT).http://css-summit.com

The Rich Internet Application Conference: Where architects and developers at all levels gather to share and learn about creating the next generation of web and mobile based applications. At RIACon you’ll get to network with fellow industry professionals and community leaders while being exposed to the most up-to-date skills needed for building great applications, leveraging the best technologies available today.http://riacon.com

An Event Apart DC features 12 great speakers and sessions. Following the two-day conference comes an intense full-day workshop on Responsive Design led by Ethan Marcotte (author, Responsive Web Design, A Book Apart, 2011). The two-day conference has sold out, but you can still register for the full-day workshop on responsive design.http://aneventapart.com/2012/dc/

Build Responsively is a two-day, hands-on workshop about responsive web design. We will cover web design and development techniques which embrace the fluid nature of the web, allowing a site to adjust its layout based on the size of the browser. We'll cover the theory, the process, and get our hands dirty in some HTML and CSS.http://buildresponsivelygrandrapids.eventbrite.com

Build Responsively is a two-day, hands-on workshop about responsive web design. We will cover web design and development techniques which embrace the fluid nature of the web, allowing a site to adjust its layout based on the size of the browser. We'll cover the theory, the process, and get our hands dirty in some HTML and CSS.http://buildresponsivelygrandrapids.eventbrite.com

WordCamp Montreal is a conference about the world's most popular blogging and CMS software WordPress. Developers, designers and users will come together for talks and workshops related to WordPress, and to network.http://2012.montreal.wordcamp.org

UX Week | 21-24 August 2012 | San Francisco, CA | UX

UX Week is the premier user experience design conference. Design professionals from all over the world gather for four days of community, inspiration and skills building. Now in its 10th year, UX Week delivers new tools you can put to use immediately. (Not to mention a bunch of new friends and colleagues)http://uxweek.com/2012/

In August we’re bringing The Next Web Conference to São Paulo, Brazil. Brazil is the beating heart of startups and hyper growth of Latin America. Are you a Latin American company with ambitions? Or a company dying to enter or grow your business in this market? You should be at TNW Latin America.http://thenextweb.com/conference/latinamerica

Build Responsively is a two-day, hands-on workshop about responsive web design. We will cover web design and development techniques which embrace the fluid nature of the web, allowing a site to adjust its layout based on the size of the browser. We'll cover the theory, the process, and get our hands dirty in some HTML and CSS.http://buildresponsivelygrandrapids.eventbrite.com

An Event Apart Chicago features 12 great speakers and sessions. Following the two-day conference comes an intense full-day workshop on Designing for Mobile & Beyond led by Luke Wroblewski (author, Mobile First, A Book Apart, 2012). The two-day conference has sold out, but you can still register for the full-day workshop on mobile & beyond.http://aneventapart.com/2012/chicago/

INBOUND 2012 is a 3-day marketing conference and training event designed to help marketing professionals, business owners, and agency executives deepen their knowledge of inbound marketing through a combination of inspiring keynote presentations, focused breakout sessions, expert-led small group workshops, innovative product demos, and exciting networking activities.http://www.inboundconference.com/inbound-2012

UX Australia | 28-31 August 2012 | Brisbane, Australia | UX

UX Australia 2012 is a 4-day user experience design conference, with inspiring and practical presentations, covering a range of topics about how to design great experiences for people.http://www.uxaustralia.com.au

The highest Javascript conference in the universe. The idea of ??BrazilJS appeared in mid-2008. Many technology events and several different languages ??were happening at the time. Jaydson and Felipe were always enthusiastic about JavaScript, and felt the lack of a conference focused on language, which for them had a promising future.http://braziljs.com.br/

September

Reasons to Be Creative | 3-5 September 2012 | Brighton, UK | Web Apps

'Reasons' is a festival for creative artists, designers and coders. Bringing together the best minds from the worlds of art, code, and design. Expect 3 days packed with talks, networking, inspiration and learning.http://www.reasonstobecreative.com

dConstruct 2012 | 7 September 2012 | Brighton, UK | Web Apps

Affordable one day conference for people designing and building the latest generation of social web applications.http://2012.dconstruct.org

We are delighted to bring you a new event for Web designers and developers — the smashing way. Smashing Magazine and beyond tellerrand have teamed up to bring you the very first Smashing Conference — a friendly, valuable and inspiring community event that will help us all become better at what we do.http://smashingconf.com

The Web Developer Conference (WDC), the conference for German Web developers and from 17 - 18 September 2012 at Hotel Sofitel Hamburg Alter Wall. Aimed at developers of Web applications, content and online managers, agencies and webmasters. The WDC in 2012 dedicated to the professional development of Web applications.http://www.web-developer-conference.de

At the Webexpo Prague conference, people with the same passion in the same place at the same time. People can join in the process of creating new projects, generating an ideal atmosphere for making new acquaintances and opportunities.http://webexpo.net/prague2012

Refresh LX is an affordable conference for busy Web Designers. Ten talks and four optional Workshops on sound, with practical advice from all the greatest minds in the field. So come along and meet hundreds of your fellow peeps for 2 days of serious brain refreshment. Lovely, warm, sunny Lisbon is waiting for youhttp://www.refresh-lx.com

Breaking Development Dallas 2012 features 2 full days of speaker sessions and 1 day of workshops at the awe-inspiring Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. Join us at the Gaylord Texan and reel in the knowledge of the mobile web.http://bdconf.com/2012/dallas

Awwwards – recognizing the talent and effort of the best web designers, developers and agencies in the world.
We aim to create a meeting point where web professionals from across the world can come to find inspiration; a space for debate; a place to share knowledge and experience; give and receive constructive and respectful critiques. “Always hungry”.